Bo: I think I found the S.U.V. that
Lockhart was driving. No. No. No. She's not here, but
I'll find her. Yeah. Yeah, I will, as soon as I know anything. All right,
Lockhart. What did you do with my wife? Where the hell
are you?

Hope: Why are you doing this? Patrick, the police know that E.J.
is Stefano's son and most
likely responsible for all the black-glove crimes and God
knows what else. Patrick, they know you've been working for him.

Patrick: You've mentioned that about 100 times. Give it a rest.

Hope: I just care about what happens to you. You still have a chance to save
yourself.

Patrick: By turning state's evidence against the DiMeras?
Do you have any idea what they would do to me?

Hope: I'm sure you've heard of the witness-protection program.

Patrick: No, there is no protection. Look, I have no choice. I have to finish
this.

Hope: Finish what? What are you talking about?

Patrick: My last assignment -- to get you away from Bo...
and then kill you.

E.J.: You know, I must say, John, you don't seem
very surprised.

John: That Stefano sent you to kill me? Nah. See, I
kind of figured that was coming when he flipped that missing death card on my
feet -- not exactly subtle.

E.J.: What can I say? My Father -- he always had
this kind of flair for the dramatic.

John: There's nothing you can tell me about him that I don't already know.

E.J.: That's right. There's quite the history that you two have had. It's
interesting to think that once you were his trained assassin.

John: Let's get it straight. I was imprisoned, brainwashed through drugs,
stripped of my identity, and transformed into his pawn. It's only through the
grace of god that I don't remember that time in my life.

E.J.: More's the pity. You could have had it all. My Father
would have given you the world. Instead, you turned your back on him. Well, I
bet you're sorry now.

John: Stefano's world is a place I would never want to live in.

E.J.: Well, luckily for you, you're not gonna have to worry about that for
very much longer.

Lucas: Ow! I told you, you can't do it! It's too damn heavy! Just go get some
help. Please.

Sami: Okay. Okay. I'll call 911. Where's my -- oh!

Lucas: [Groans] Damn it.

Sami: Okay. [Blows] No. No, Lucas. Lucas, I don't
have a signal. I-I can't call anyone for -- Lucas!
Lucas, wake up! Lucas, please. Please. You have to wake up, okay? Shh! Lucas.
Lucas. Lucas, wake up. Remember how we saw this on "E.R." one
time. You have to wake up. You can't lose consciousness or you'll go into shock
or something. Please, Lucas. Please don't give up on
me. Don't you dare give up on me, Lucas
Roberts! Lucas!

Hope: You're planning to kill me?

Patrick: Those are my orders.

Hope: You would never kill your own baby. I don't care who ordered it.

Patrick: Shut up! You're making this worse.

Hope: Patrick, please, I'm begging you. You don't have to go through with
this. If not for me, for the innocent life that's growing inside of me. Please,
this baby -- this baby is a gift from God, a gift to
both of us. Please don't take it away. [Sniffles]

Patrick: What are you doing?

Hope: Getting a message.

Bo: Damn it. [Cellphone rings] Hope?

Patrick: Nice try.

Hope: Oh!

Patrick: No more games, you understand me?

Hope: You don't have to do this. I mean it. Bo can help you.

Patrick: Help me? Help me? The guy hates my guts.

Hope: But if you let me go, he'll remember that. He'll get them to go easy on
you. It's E.J. they want, not you.

Patrick: The only thing he'll remember is that I kidnapped his pregnant wife.
You're not talking your way out of this one, Hope.

Hope: You're not gonna get away with this, Patrick.
I'm sure Bo's looking for me by now. He'll find your
car, realize we took off on foot, and the only place we could be hiding is here
in this warehouse.

Patrick: Bo thinks we're headed out of town. He's not gonna be looking
anywhere around here for us.

Hope: Your only chance is turn yourself in. It's not too late.

Patrick: It is too late... for both of us.

John: Since you know so much about me, you must also know that
Stefano's been trying to off me for years, so that
begs this question -- what makes you think that you will succeed where he has
failed?

E.J.: No. Your dream was to destroy us, deny who and what you are, to betray
everything that our family stood for.

John: Stefano only stands for himself. Actually, I stand corrected there,
because the last time I checked, he couldn't even do
that.

E.J.: My Father's health may be failing, but his
power will never die. Not like you, John
Black. And that's how I'm gonna ascend to the throne
-- by giving him the news of your death.

John: Well, congratulations in advance. But there's only one small flaw in
your plan. You seem to be forgetting that I've got a little backup.

E.J.: Oh, your friends on the other end of the wire? No. My device killed
your bug. Now your friends are not only missing my confession, but they have
absolutely no idea that you're about to get your brains blown out.

John: Well, I would happen to believe that if they can't hear what's going on
in here, Roman's gonna want to see for himself.

E.J.: [Chuckles] Good point. Take out your cellphone.

John: Or what, you'll blow my brains out?

E.J.: Do it.

John: It's me.

Roman: What the hell happened? We lost contact. You all right?

John: Yeah, I'm fine. Elvis never showed.

Roman: Damn it. I was sure he would take the bait. Hang on,
John. I got another call. Yeah? Commander
Brady.

Bo: Roman, I need your help. Lockhart's holding Hope
in a warehouse South of the Highway
on Porter Road. I'm on foot,
but I need backup.

Roman: All right. You got it. Wells didn't show up. We'll be right there.
John, you still there?

Sami: Okay. Okay. All right. I'm sorry it's so cold in here, but the snow's
gonna keep coming in. Let me see if I can -- here. I'm gonna use this blanket
and make you as warm as I can. All right. Stay warm, okay?

Lucas: Ow. Ow.

Sami: All right. All right. There's still some water and crackers. Here. In
case -- can you move this hand? Here. In case you need it, there's --

Lucas: [Groans]

Sami: There's water and crackers in case you get hungry, okay?

Lucas: Sami, listen to me. I'm not gonna get hungry. Just hurry. Get help.

Sami: I will. I promise you that I will hurry if you promise me that you stay
awake. Don't go anywhere, okay?

Lucas: Yeah, I'll try.

Sami: Lucas... Lucas, you have to do more than try.
You have to do this, okay? Just -- just think about Will
and how much he needs you... and me, 'cause I need you, too. We're finally
together now, Lucas, and we have such a wonderful
future ahead us. Just focus on that -- okay, sweetie, just focus on -- on our
life together and how we're gonna go on vacations together, maybe this summer.
You can think about somewhere hot that we could go, like Hawaii
or Mexico. Can you do that?

Lucas: Yeah. I'm thinking about you in a bikini on a beach. I'm wide awake
now.

Sami: You promised that you were gonna protect me [Sniffles]
and now it's my turn to protect you.

Lucas: Yeah.

Sami: Always, Lucas.

Lucas: [Breathes deeply]

Sami: [Crying] I'll be back.

Lexie: This is it, Tek. I'm not putting up with any
more of your stunts, you hear me? At this moment, my husband is in a doctor's
office, waiting to find out if he's gonna be blind for the rest of his life.

Tek: I'm sorry to hear about that.

Lexie: Oh, please! You don't give a damn about Abe
or me.

Tek: Can't you see that I love you,
Lexie, and I can't get you out of my mind, no matter
how hard I try?

Lexie: Just get this through your head -- I love my husband. I don't want to
see you anymore.

Tek: That is because you're afraid.

Lexie: What are you talking about, afraid of what?

Tek: Afraid of what happens when we're together.

Lexie: [Sighs]

Tek: You want me just as much as I want you, like we've never wanted anyone
before in our lives, Lexie.

Lexie: [Sighs]

Tek: You can't tell me you feel that way with him, that he can satisfy you
the way I can. Lexie?

Lexie: All right, all right. That's enough. I'm not listening to this
anymore.

Tek: What are you doing?

Lexie: Your time's up, Tek. You are getting out.

Hope: I see what's happening here. You're in over your head -- caught up in
something that got out of hand -- and now you don't know how to stop it.

Patrick: I know what you're doing.

Hope: What am I doing?

Patrick: Trying to establish a rapport with your captor, listen attentively
to their point of view, humanize yourself so you're less likely to be harmed. I
think that's how it went in the police training manual. Am I right?

Hope: I still say you would have made a great cop.

Patrick: You can stop trying to con me.

Hope: That's not what I'm doing. The Patrick I know
would never threaten to kill our child.

Patrick: Do you think this is what I wanted?! You think I meant for this to
happen?!

Hope: That's not what I'm saying. I think you're drowning. I-I think you're
fighting for your life. But there are other lives at stake here.

Patrick: You shut up about that freaking kid! That kid is not real!

Hope: Not real? Your child is moving inside of me. Feel it,
Patrick.

Patrick: No! This is your fault!

Hope: Mine?

Patrick: Yeah. How many times did I ask you to go away with me, huh? How many
times? Just for a few days, no commitment, no pressure. And you promised me,
Hope! You promised me! If you would have just kept
your word just once, maybe I could have figured a way out of all of this.

Hope: It's still not too late.

Patrick: Stop saying that!

Hope: It's true. It's true. You're stronger than E.J. You're better. You
don't have to do what he says.

Patrick: You don't know anything.

Hope: He can't get to either one of us if we stand up to him together.

Patrick: You can save it, Hope. You don't care
about me, and you never did.

Hope: No, you're wrong. I do. I care very much... just not the way you wanted
me to. I'm sorry.

E.J.: I can imagine what you're thinking. Years of dodging bullets, and it
all comes down to this -- brother versus stepbrother, good versus evil.

John: What I'm thinking isn't nearly as biblical. Even more sad, though, are
your desperate attempts to curry favor, 'cause it's just made you another pawn
-- one even more pathetic than me, because you're doing this of your own free
will.

E.J.: Do I detect the influence of the esteemed Dr.
Evans, hmm? Psychobabble for the masses.

John: She's a pretty smart cookie. She would know exactly what to make of a
very small man holding a very big gun.

E.J.: You know what? Maybe, when you're gone, she'll get the chance. I'm
gonna miss you, John. But not to worry. You're not
gonna be alone. A lot of company in the great beyond for you.

John: Meaning?

E.J.: Enemies of the family. You know what they say -- "you're either with us
or you're against us."

John: Who else is on your hit list besides me?

E.J.: You know, I probably shouldn't tell you this, but I'm having much too
much fun. Bo Brady, Steve
Johnson -- they're next.

John: Oh. You're gonna be a very busy man.

E.J.: Not me. My expertise is reserved for, uh, special assignments. I have a
secret assassin in place, ready to take them out.

John: And who would that be?

E.J.: Well, I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. I'm going to
kill you... so I might as well tell you. You can take it straight to the grave.

Tek: How can you just forget what we had together? And I'm not even talking
about the sex. I loved you, Lexie. I know you loved
me.

Lexie: I love my husband.

Tek: That's what you keep telling yourself, but you don't fool me. If you
really loved him, you never would have turned to me in the first place.

Lexie: I thought he was dead.

Tek: Even when you found out he wasn't, even after he came back, you still
wanted to be with me.

Lexie: And it almost cost me my marriage. I won't
make that mistake again, you hear me? I won't turn my back on
Abe -- not now. He needs me.

Tek: Do you hear yourself? This is all about obligation and guilt.

Lexie: No, it's not.

Tek: It's very noble, but you deserve better than that, Lexie.
[Cellphone ringing]

Lexie: It's my husband. Will you please get out of my car? Abe. Hi,
sweetheart. Is everything okay?

Hope: I know what kind of person you are. And this isn't just police-academy
psychology. I remember Morgan Island
-- how you helped me t-- [Inhales, exhales raggedly] through
the toughest days of my life with your friendship, your understanding.

Patrick: Those were my orders -- to get close to you.

Hope: No. It wasn't just an act. It was you -- the real you -- caring,
compassionate.

Patrick: I was an idiot. If only --

Hope: If only what? What?

Patrick: If only I could go back in time. I wanted out of this mess so long
ago. You have no idea.

Hope: But you were scared. I understand. But, Patrick,
you can get out of this. You don't have to kill me and our baby to save
yourself.

Bo: Lockhart! Lockhart! I know you got Hope in
there, so come on, man, just give it up before someone gets hurt!

E.J.: What's the matter, John? You look as shocked
as if I told you dear old Alice Horton
was the secret assassin.

John: I don't believe it.

E.J.: Of course not. Hide in plain sight was always the plan. It's amazing
how well it works, really -- how trusting people can be. I mean, look at me --
living in Salem all this time, working my secret
agenda. No one had a clue.

John: And then you got careless. So, what makes you so sure your secret
assassin won't, as well?

E.J.: My mistakes will not be repeated. This person will remain hidden until
the time is right.

John: Why Bo? And Steve?

E.J.: Bradys. Traitors. Scores that need settling, and none more than yours,
my brother. None more than yours. [Gunshot]

Tek: John? John. John, hang on, man. I'm gonna go get help.

Lexie: I am sorry I'm running late, but I'm having a little car trouble. I
had to pull over.

Abe: Are you all right?

Lexie: I'm fine. I called the auto club. They're on their way. I should be
there soon.

Abe: Just keep the doors locked while you wait.

Lexie: Yeah, I will. So, um, have you had a chance to talk to the doctor?

Roman: Don't lose your cool. Get him on that phone. Do what you're trained to
do.

Patrick: Don't try anything like that again.

Hope: What do I have to lose?

Patrick: More than you know.

Hope: Patrick, listen to me. You can't get away. The only sane thing to do
is...

Patrick: Turn myself in?! Spend the rest of my life in jail?! I don't think
so. I'd rather die first. [Cellphone ringing] [Chuckles] What do you know? It's
your husband. Yeah? I want a helicopter and $100,000 or Hope
dies.

Bo: Come on, man. That's crazy, and you know it. There's no way I can get
that for you.

Patrick: Wrong answer. [Gunshot]

Bo: Hope! Hope! Hope! Let go of me! He could have shot my wife!

Hope: I'm okay!

Bo: She's okay. Lockhart, you sick son of a bitch.

Patrick: Maybe now you know I'm serious.

Bo: Listen, man, you know I can't get you that
money or that helicopter. It's over. Just let it be over.

Lexie: Okay. He needs to get to a hospital. I'll call 911 and take it from
here.

Tek: What do you mean?

Lexie: You can't be here when help arrives. I told Abe
I was having car trouble.

Tek: I'm a police officer. You're a doctor.

Lexie: You're also the man I had an affair with.

Tek: I know if he catches us together, your marriage is over, but I can't
leave. I saw who shot him.

Sami: [Crying] Thank you. Thank you so much for stopping. [Gasps]

E.J.: Hello, Samantha.

Sami: E.J.

E.J.: So, let me guess. You were on your way to meet me at the boathouse when
your car broke down? How fortunate for both of us that I stopped by when I did.

Sami: [Gasps]

E.J.: Going so soon, darling?

Sami: I'm sorry. I know you're angry at me, E.J.

E.J.: Oh, on the contrary. Your pathetic little attempts to set me up were
actually quite amusing.

Sami: Well, I know how you like a good laugh.

E.J.: Especially when it's the last.

Sami: E.J., I don't have time to grovel. Please. Lucas is in trouble. Our car
broke down, and we ended up in this cabin, and the roof caved in on us, and
there's this beam crushing Lucas' legs, and you have
to help me. Please help me!

E.J.: Well, as much as I would love to help you,
I'm in a bit of a bind, you see? I have to get out of town -- in a bit of a
hurry. You understand.

Sami: He could die. He could freeze to death!

E.J.: You lied to me... Samantha. You set me up.

Sami: I said I was sorry.

E.J.: So am I, because right now there is a dragnet over the city, and every
cop within 100 miles is looking for me.

Sami: But he could die. E.J., please -- please help
me.

E.J.: No, Samantha. You are going to help me.
There's a roadblock up ahead, and you're going to help me get through it.

Sami: Okay. I'll help you if you help me save Lucas.
That's the deal. Take it or leave it.

Bo: There's no talking him down. We got to go in.

Roman: You're right. He's given us no choice.

Patrick: Why isn't he calling me?

Hope: You know why. They're not meeting your demands.

Patrick: You're his wife. He's not gonna do everything in his power to rescue
you?

Hope: It's out of his hands.

Patrick: Oh. Okay. Plan "B."

Hope: Uhh! What are you doing?

Patrick: We're getting out of here nice and slow.

Hope: You can't. They'll shoot you.

Patrick: No, no, no. He's not gonna fire on me when I
have you as my shield, is he?

Hope: Oh, God.

Patrick: What the hell is that?

Hope: My water just broke. I'm having the baby.

Lexie: John, you'll be okay. Just hang in there. You really saw who shot him?

Tek: Yeah, I was outside looking through the window when it happened. I
didn't get a good look at the face -- he was kind of turned away -- but I think
it was E.J. Wells.

Lexie: E.J.? Are you sure?

Tek: I'm pretty sure. He was the same height, same weight, same hair color. I
know Salem P.D.'s been after
him.

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